Pacific Parent

Description

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The Pacific Super Plume is over one billion years old and is the parent for the rocks that form the floor of the Pacific Ocean. It appears to have a number of smaller plumes and hot spots associated with it. Immediately adjacent to the Super Plume is a “ring” of rock plates (see areas of purple) that are colder than the Plume and are sinking down towards the liquid core.
At roughly 100 million years ago the Super Plume was very active. This pulse of activity was probably what triggered the opening of the Tasman Sea and ultimately reversed the flow of the Clarence River.